Russia
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Operations
Ukrainian drone campaign takes out up to 900,000 barrels a day of Russian oil refining capacity
Ukraine’s drone campaign to knock out Russian refining capacity is scoring some big hits, with as much as 12% of…
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Containers
Another new Turkish liner heads to Russia
A new Turkish liner has unveiled a service connecting with Russia. Istanbul-based ULD Shipping has debuted a new Black Sea…
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Operations
Russian oil terminals hit by drone strikes
Ukraine has hit several Russian oil refineries with drone strikes in the past few days, continuing to damage Russian oil…
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Tankers
Russian crude exports seen peaking as sanctions hit home
Efforts by regulators in the US, Britain and the European Union to engage more directly with shipowners and service providers…
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Containers
Non-alliance liners double market share on Asia-Europe over the past year
The market share of non-alliance liners operating in the Asia-Europe tradelane has doubled in the space of one year. New…
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Operations
Missiles hit stranded Turkish ship in Ukraine
A Turkey-flagged general cargo vessel, that has been stranded for more than two years in Ukraine was struck by missiles…
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Asia
Indian-classed fleet more than doubles since Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
In the two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the number of ships classified as shadow or dark has…
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Tankers
Grey fleet set to become darker: BRS
Luxembourg-headquartered broker BRS has warned the grey fleet is likely to become darker as more focused sanctions squeeze Russia’s export…
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Tankers
Russia’s Sovcomflot hit by US sanctions
Russia’s Sovcomflot and 14 tankers linked to its operations have found themselves on the US sanctions list as part of…
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Europe
How world shipping has transformed in the two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Saturday marks two years since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a war that has dramatically changed the global seaborne map,…
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Tankers
Washington unveils further sanctions against Russian-linked tanker operators
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took its second price cap enforcement action of…
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Tankers
Shadow fleet faces tricky path to the breaker’s torch
With the numbers of the so-called shadow tanker fleet peaking 10 months ago, there’s now evidence that many of the…
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Tankers
Iraq seen replacing Russia as India’s top source of crude
India has pivoted back to Iraq for its crude oil supplies with Russian imports held up by the Red Sea…
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Europe
Ukraine intensifies Russian refinery campaign
February 24 will mark the second anniversary since Russia unleashed the largest attack on a European country since World War…
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Ports and Logistics
Novatek’s Baltic terminal attacked by long-range drones from Ukraine
Ukrainian forces conducted a drone attack on Russia’s largest Baltic port over the weekend. The operation, which used two long-range…
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Africa
Sovcomflot reflags en masse to Gabon
Gabon, a small Central African nation on the Atlantic coast, was last year’s fastest-growing shipping registry. In the opening days…
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Operations
Fire hits Russian nuclear-powered ship
A fire broke out on a Russian nuclear-powered general cargo ship in the northern Russian port of Murmansk but was…
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Regulatory
US slaps sanctions on Sovcomflot manager and traders of Russian oil for price cap breaches
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued new sanctions on Sovcomflot shipmanager and…
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Regulatory
New EU oil cap sanction rules announced
The European Union has unveiled its 12th package of sanctions against Russia, with tankers very much included in the set…
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Tankers
IMO adopts shadow fleet resolution
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted a resolution targeting illicit shipping practices from the so-called shadow or dark fleet amid considerable…
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